Film

24 April 2006

Mel Gibson is a bigger Leonard Cohen fan than you are. Yup, Mel Gibson is such a big Leonard Cohen fan that he executive produced a movie about him: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, due in theaters June 21. What have you done for Leonard Cohen lately, huh?

I'm Your Man was directed by Lian Lunson, whose previous claims to fame include a PBS documentary about Willie Nelson and work on the companion CD to The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's other movie about a Jew with a fanatical cult following.

27 January 2006

I just watched Pamela Yates's gripping documentary State of Fear. So should you. (Watch the trailer here).

Apparently, though, American TV networks (including PBS, the Sundance Channel, the National Geographic Channel, etc) feel otherwise, as they have all refused to air this important film. So -- for now -- you will have to see it the old-fashioned way. It's currently at The Quad in NYC and will be coming to additional theatres around the country in the next few weeks. Don't miss it.